Re: NetAps vs EMC

[Mark Lamourine <mlamouri@genuity.net>]

On Tue, 30 Jan 2001, Brad Knowles wrote:

> At 10:58 AM -0700 2001/1/30, Yves Dorfsman wrote:
>
> 	My problem with NetApp has always been that the management
> interface was very minimal, and only one person can log in at a time.
> If someone logs on and then shuts down their terminal program without
> logging out, no one else can log in until the box is rebooted.

I've never had that experience.  we connect the netapp console to a
private net terminal server.  Someone may disconnect from it but the login
session stays live and the next person to connect gets on.  We
disable/ignore rsh connections due to lack of security.  Same goes with
the web interface.

We seldom log on.  once the machine is up, it just goes.  Of course, we've
had few problems with ours.   If you DO experience problems, the interface
might get in your way.

We have seldom had the need for the comprehensive HA setup of and Auspex
and the savings are pretty big.  I can't comment on the EMCs

- Mark

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